Re: How to find out whether a file is a directory?

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From: Michael "Ford" Ditto
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1989 20:21

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In article <9048@megaron.arizona.edu> cjeffery@arizona.edu (Clinton Jeffery) writes:
>Is there an easy way to find out if a filename refers to a directory
>in Aztec C?

Use the Examine() function, and look at the fib_DirEntryType field of
the FileInfoBlock.  If it is positive then the given filename is a
directory, and you can then repeatedly call ExNext() on the same
FileInfoBlock to discover the files it contains.
-- 
					-=] Ford [=-

"The number of Unix installations	(In Real Life:  Mike Ditto)
has grown to 10, with more expected."	ford@kenobi.cts.com
- The Unix Programmer's Manual,		...!sdcsvax!crash!elgar!ford
  2nd Edition, June, 1972.		ditto@cbmvax.commodore.com

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From: ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: How to find out whether a file is a directory?
Summary: ( FileInfoBlock.fib_DirEntryType > 0 )
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Date: 6 Feb 89 20:21:25 GMT
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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